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CHARLES E. PARKER AND sEwARD W. WILLIAMS, or EASTORANGE, NEW .JERsEY,ASSIGNORS TO THE SEABURY & JOHNSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SULFUR CANDLE AND PROCESS OF'MAKING SAME.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,881, dated October23, 1894.

Application filed October 5, 1892. SerialNo- 447,928. (No specimens) TaZZ whom it may concern.- I

Be it linown that we, GHARLEs E. PARKER and SEWARD W. WILLIAMS, both ofEast Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Disinfecting or Sulfur Candles and inProcesses of Making Same, of which the following is a specification. Theinvention relates to sulphur candles for [O disinfecting and the objectof the invention is to provide a candleso constructed that a rapid andthorough ignition is insured, and

further, to facilitate themanufacture of the same.

We Will describe a candle embodying our invention, and then point outthe novel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, showing a candleembodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectionthereof. Fig.3 is a plan view of a mold in position on the case orcontainer. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section thereof.

We will first describe the completed candle and then describe theprocess of making the same.

' Referring by letter to the drawings A designates a case or container,here shown as circular in form, and open at the top. This case 3 0 orcontainer is preferably made of sheet metal and it may be provided onits upper edge with a number of keepers a adapted to be turned over onthe disinfecting material, as shown, to retain it in place.

B designates the disinfecting material, which may be sulphur or ofcompounds containing sulphur, or analogous material. The disinfectingmaterial has a central raised portion B here shown as substantiallystar-1 4o shaped, or having the radiating points I) b. The points I) arelonger than the points I) and the long and short points alternate. Theupper surface has raised annular portions 19 b forming troughs ordepressions 19 Z9 The raised portion 17 is at the outer edge of thedisinfecting material, and the raised portion 19 connects with the outerends of the long points b and connects with the outer ends of the shortpoints I). The upper surfaces of the points I) b are preferablyroughened or left in a rough state, as the slight projections igniterapidly and spread the fiame. This construction or configuration of thetop surface insures the even distribution or flow of the melted andburning disinfecting material, r or, in other words, the raised portionsare so arranged that the flow of burning material will be toward thecenter from certain ofthe. igniters and toward the circumference fromthe other igniters. 1

, O designates a central igniter consisting of a tuft of combustiblematerial, such as wicking, and C! shows the outer igniters consisting ofcombustible cord or wicking.

The igniter O is secured in the center of the disinfecting material, butdoes not reach to the bottom thereof. The igniters C are here shown asconsisting of three cords each one being extended across the bottom ofthe disinfecting material and having the ends extended up through pointsb b.

We will now describe the process of making the candle, referringparticularly to Figs. 3 and 4..

D designates a mold adapted to rest on the upper edge of the case orcontainer, with the fasteners a bearing against its periphery. The moldhas depressions and raised portions to form the depressions and raisedportions of the disinfecting material, that is, it has an annulardepression 01' to form the raised portion b the raised portion 01 toform the de pression b the depression d to form the raised portion b theraised portion (1 to form the depression b and the depression d to formthe star-shaped portion. The depressions 01 open outward through the topof the mold block, and the ends of the igniting cords C are extendedthrough the opening at the points to hold the cords in position whilepouro ing the melted sulphur or similar material through the opening inthe mold.

In operation the mold is placed inposition on the case or container A.The ends of the A igniting cords are inserted through the openmg asshown, and then a piece of combustible paper 0 is inserted and sustainedby the mold. This piece of paper 0 is bent substantially triangularshaped and stands vertically in the case or container. The paper servesmaterially to spread the flame and keep the material ignited. The meltedmaterial 18 is of the material B.

We prefer to first prepare the igniter O by dipping its lower portion inmelted disinfecting material and allowingit to become cold, as this willform asolid body to force into the mass within the case A, which will,of course,

- adhere, to the material on the igniter.

We find this method of forming the candle preferable to the method ofcasting the disinfectant material on the mold and then transferring itto a container A, as by forming it in the mold and directly in thepermanent container we save a considerable amount of labor and expenseand furthermore the material is sure to be snugly fitted within thecontainer.

Having described our invention, what we claim is-- 1. The process offorming a disinfecting candle, consistingin placing a mold on the top ofa permanent container while the latter is in an upright position withits open end upward, supporting igniting material or cords by said mold,pouring melted disinfecting material through an opening in said mold,and allowing it to flow through the latter into the container and theninserting in the mass of disinfecting material a tuft of ignitingmaterial, substantially as specified.

2. In a disinfecting candle, the combination with a case or container,of disinfecting material formed with separate circular cavities in itsupper surface, and a raised central portion, the latter extendingradially outward toward the case or container and terminating in theformof points alternately in said cavithe mass of the disinfecting materialat the end portions of said points, substantially as specified.

3. Inadisinfecting candle,'the combination with a case or container, ofdisinfecting material formed with raised portions, and wicks passingdownwardly through such raised portions and also through the mass of thedisinfecting material, said raised portions being provided withroughened surfaces intermediate of said wicks and the center of thecandle, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. PARKER. SEWARD W. VVILLIAMSf Witnesses:

GEO. P. KINGSLEY, FRANOIS O. HUNT.

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